inconstant Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable
    • inconstant affections
    • an inconstant lover
    • swear not by...the inconstant moon"- Shakespeare

WordNet

In*con"stant adjective
Etymology
L. inconstans: cf. F. inconstant. See In- not, and Constant.
Definitions
  1. Not constant; not stable or uniform; subject to change of character, appearance, opinion, inclination, or purpose, etc.; not firm; unsteady; fickle; changeable; variable; -- said of persons or things; as, inconstant in love or friendship. "The inconstant moon." Shak.
    While we, inquiring phantoms of a day, Inconstant as the shadows we survey! Boyse.
    Syn. -- Mutable; fickle; volatile; unsteady; unstable; changeable; variable; wavering; fluctuating.

Webster 1913